Scope of M. Sc. (Statistics)/Career opportunities.

Individuals with a degree in Statistics should have opportunities in a variety of fields such as:

· Teaching (School/Colleges/University/Educational Institutions)

· Indian Civil Services

· Indian Statistical Services

· State Public Service Commissions

· Banks

· Statistical & economic bureaus

· Statistical/Agricultural Research

· Quality control sectors

· Population studies

· Statistical Investigators (through SSC)

· Insurance, IT & software fields

· Planning Commission

INFORMATION ON SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES HELD RECENTLY

Nil

INFORMATION ON RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Current areas of research - Stochastic Modeling, Theory of queues and Reliability.

Projects

Nil

INFORMATION ON ACHIEVEMENTS

Achievement area:

Research & Academic

Achievement details

Ever since, the introduction of Statistics in 1962,students have been carrying out research work. More than 200 research papers have been published in various national and international journals of repute.Almost fifty researchers have completed their Ph.D so far. At present eight research scholars are pursuing research in the department for the degree of Ph.D.Out of eight, three of them are working on university Research fellowship. Five students of the department qualified NET and one student was awarded PDF.

A research scholar of our department was awarded first prize of Rs. 10,000/- in December, 2004 and second prize of Rs. 5000/- in December,2002 in the international conferences conducted by SCRA 2004, 2002, FIM XI & IX held at Lucknow and Allahabad respectively for his research papers.

One student of M.Sc course was nominated by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India as a member of Indian Youth Delegation to Pakistan from 30.06.2007 to 07.07.2007.

Dr. M.S. Kadyan has been awarded a Major Research Project entitled“Cost –Benefit Analysis of Sugar Industry System Reliability Models using Markovian Approach” by UGC, New Delhi worth Rs. 12.13 Lacs for three years.

Dr. Jitender Kumar has been sanctioned a UGC Major Research Project entitled“Reliability Modeling and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Redundant Systems” worth Rs. 6 Lacs for 2 years.

Department has produced about 60 Ph.Ds. and 20 M.Phils. So far about 225 Research Papers have been published in the National and International Journals of repute. Currently 06 scholars are registered for their Ph.D. course work.

Students Enrollment: Sanctioned Seats -45

Class

Session

Boys

Girls

Total

M.Sc. Statistics

2010-2011

25

20

45

2011-2012

13

18

31

2012-2013

06

27

33

2013-2014

08

33

41

2104-2015

07

34

41

Ph.D. Statistics

2010-2011

03

01

04

2011-2012

02

02

04

2012-2013

01

01

02

2013-2014

Nil

01

01

For enhancing the practical skills of the students of statistics and to give them an exposure of working environment in Research Institutes, they undertake a training of two weeks duration at Institute for research medical statistics, Indian council of Medical Research, New Delhi.

The department provides hands on training of statistical softwares such as SPSS and SYSTAT to brighten the placement chances of the students.

Keeping in view the guidelines of UGC and demand in application fields, the syllabi of M.Sc. Statistics has been revised from time to time.

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